Fr. Mike

Many of you may have received an email (or two... or three... or four...) from me regarding an "Email Distribution List". One of my goals is to improve communication between the members of our different ministries within our parish. 

For example, in Music Ministry, there are times when a life event occurs that conflicts with a scheduled mass that we are responsible for. In that instance, we send out an "SOS" asking for a substitute. Instead of having to type in the email addresses of every member of Music Ministry every time this happens, we have a single email address that we email to that distributes that message to all current members of Music Ministry. Nobody has to worry about maintaining their own personal contact list. They rest assured that emailing to that distribution list will reach everyone and that it is updated regularly as members join or move on to other things.

We've had that for almost 8 years now. It's time to share that with the other ministries.

I discovered that a set of distribution lists were kept by former staff members, so I consolidated these lists and created new ones. Here are the various groups that have distribution lists thus far:

I realized that these distribution lists may be a little bit out of date.

This is where I need your help:

Now imagine how awesome it will be when a new Liturgical Ministry schedule needs to be sent out to everyone and all the organizer has to do is send an email to one email address. Or imagine when more Eucharistic Ministers are needed for a particular mass and the organizer just needs to send an email to one email address. Or imagine when an RCIA meeting is cancelled and the organizer just needs to send an email to one email address to inform everyone.

Close your eyes. Imagine. Excellent.

Thank you, Everyone, for your patience and time with all the growing pains here at Nativity. I have much more in plan for us that will hopefully ease the burden of administrative and organizational duties, but we must walk first before we run. Then soon after, we'll fly.

Blessings!

Some of you are voicing concerns that your emails and personal email addresses are now on the public website.

Rest assured that they are not on the public website.

I am monitoring the usage of every list so if there is any abuse I can take immediate action. As more people start utilizing the lists, we can discern usage patterns and tune the lists accordingly.

Again, if you have any questions or concerns, please email me!

The Liturgical Ministry distribution list is now only accessible to coordinators and staff for announcement purposes only. If you join any of the Liturgical Ministries, you will be added to the Liturgical Ministry list. If you are a part of multiple Liturgical Ministries, you will only be added once, so don't worry about duplicate emails.